Behavior & Discipline
Your 5 to 10-year-old is getting bigger, and can better articulate frustrations, likes, and dislikes. Learn ways to work with your child to achieve good behavior and sow the seeds for self-discipline.
Top 7 Tips for Disciplining Your Grade-schooler
Your grade-school age child is becoming better at handling frustration and disappointment. But the days of meltdowns aren't completely behind you. Here are some great discipline strategies for this transitional age.
Your grade-school age child is becoming better at handling frustration and disappointment. But the days of meltdowns aren't completely behind you. Here are some great discipline strategies for this transitional age.
8 Steps to Discipline Children the Zen Way
Sometimes, no one can push your buttons like a growing grade-schooler. Here's how to keep your cool and employ some Zen child discipline techniques the next time your child displays undesirable behavior or hurts your feelings.
Sometimes, no one can push your buttons like a growing grade-schooler. Here's how to keep your cool and employ some Zen child discipline techniques the next time your child displays undesirable behavior or hurts your feelings.
How to Listen to Your Child
An important part of discipline is learning to listen to your child so that you can establish a solid communication link. In essence, your child is more likely to listen to you if she can trust that you'll listen to what she has to say.
An important part of discipline is learning to listen to your child so that you can establish a solid communication link. In essence, your child is more likely to listen to you if she can trust that you'll listen to what she has to say.
How to Handle Misbehavior
One of the most important aspects of discipline is handling misbehavior. Here are effective strategies for giving your child consequences when he does something that he knows is wrong.
One of the most important aspects of discipline is handling misbehavior. Here are effective strategies for giving your child consequences when he does something that he knows is wrong.
How to Ask Your Child to Behave
Explaining clearly and effectively exactly what you expect from your child is a crucial foundation for good behavior. Here's how you can talk to your child and what you should say to encourage cooperation.
Explaining clearly and effectively exactly what you expect from your child is a crucial foundation for good behavior. Here's how you can talk to your child and what you should say to encourage cooperation.